Bulgaria · ROSE VALLEY & THE THRACIAN KINGS
9 reviewed
Bulgaria is small enough that the wrong booking wastes a real slice of the week. These 9 rose valley & thracian kings trips are the ones we would keep, each with its price, its rating and the detail that decides it.
A 10-hour day trip from Sofia to UNESCO-worthy Thracian tombs, plus the Iskra museum, with pickup, guide, and free admissions.
“It was a fantastic experience: the guide is an expert archeologist, knowing everything about the thracians and about other periods of Bulgarian History.”
Private Plovdiv tour to Rose Valley and Thracian tombs, plus Shipka Church. Hotel pickup and expert guides, ends with history.
“All the tour was interesting, but the Thracian tombs are really something special: both the architecture and the golden artifacts are incredibile. Our guide, Kamen, is super knowledgeable and very patient. I would recommend this tour to all tourists in Bulgaria.”
Plovdiv Old Town and Thracia Valley wine tasting from Sofia with hotel pickup, small group pacing, and guides like Niki and Maria.
“La visita di plovdiv vecchia e la degustazione vini presso villa justina Ottima la guida Maria che nonostante il nostro poco inglese è stata molto chiara”
VIP-style Rose Festival day in Kazanlak: Valley of Roses entry, front-row parade seats, rose museum and oil factory stops.
“Above excellent. Were able to watch the rose picking ritual, picked and able to keep baskets of rose buds, front row seats at the festival parade, rose museum and the garden and then topped off with the damascena rose oil museum and factory.”
Valley of Roses, Shipka Monastery, Seuthes III Tomb, and Buzludzha UFO ruin in one 6 to 7 hour day trip from Plovdiv.
“A fascinating series of visits to some special places. Between churches tombs and abandoned monuments you will cover a lot of history. Our guide was helpful and friendly, although there were one or two bits of information he offered that were factually a bit dubious.”
Full-day coach trip from Sofia to Koprivshtitsa and the Starosel underground temple, plus a wine cellar stop, with guide and pickup.
“again i have to say the guide was an excellent guy driver but as far as a guide very meduim knowledge and after few trips with avitor i noticed that the guide they offer are not that good at all sometimes the cars also are not that comfortable”
Private day trip from Sofia to Buzludzha, Shipka Monument, and the Valley of Roses, plus Damascena rose oil distillery.
“Great tour, Ves was friendly and I really enjoyed his detailed explanations not only about the monument but overall about Bulgaria and the Thracian past. He gave me helpful tips and even on the way back dropped me off at the museum of history right before it closed so I got some cool pics thanks to him.”
A private 11-hour Sofia day trip to Buzludzha, the Tomb of Seuthes III, and Koprivshtitsa, with Wi-Fi and pickup from the Old City.
“From doors open to doors closed, Demeter provides a fair and balanced history of every stop along the daylong tour. His command of history is phenomenal, from Neolithic to present times, sequentially building layers of information to arrive at Read more”
Join a Bulgarian rose-picking ritual near Kazanlak, learn rose oil and rose water extraction, taste rose sweets, and see rose soap making.
“Really great activity with so much local flavor. Absolutely fantastic experience which I totally recommend. Suitable of everyone. Excellent staff and guides on the spot. I'm very pleased.”
